Values Quotes

... on of the differences between ideology and values: Values are faithfully applied to the facts before us, while ideology overrides whatever facts call theory into question.

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Self-reliance and independence can transform into selfishness and license, ambition into greed and a frantic desire to succeed at any cost.

But our democracy might work a bit better if we recognized that all of us possess values that are worthy of respect: if liberals at least acknowledged that the recreational hunter feels the same way about his gun as they feel about their library books, and if conservatives recognized that most women feel as protective of their right to reproductive freedom as evangelicals do of their right to worship.

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It is the language of values that people use to map their world. It is what can inspire them to take action, and move them beyond their isolation.

Never "for the sake of piece and quiet" deny your convictions.